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Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Posh Brownies

It's Jan and almost everyone is on a health diet of some kind. I've never really been good at that - poor, no self control and all but I thought I would make an effort and *try* to make something a little healthier. I remember reading about brownies made with mayonnaise which is supposed to be healthier. I happened to have a jar of extra light mayonnaise so I thought I'd give it a go. The recipe is from Hellmann's and they name it posh brownies so how bad can it be? They state that it's 55% less saturated fat than if prepared with butter.

It's a fairly simple brownie recipe with the usual suspects and the addition of mayonnaise instead of butter. I overbaked mine slightly so they were a little on the chewy side but I have to say I was quite impressed with these brownies. It's not buttery and fudgy but it still tastes like a brownie. It's fairly moist and light and I like the added crunch of the nuts. I'm not sure if it would taste different if I made it with full fat mayonnaise. Has anyone else tried this recipe?

Anyway at least I can feel virtuous eating these brownies....as long as I don't eat the whole tray!! :)

I'm very happy and honored to have you baking-along with us. Your posh brownies is great way to kick start a healthier 2012! I have heard of chocolate cake made of mayo but not brownies. I wonder if the full fat mayo will make any difference. Nevertheless, sometimes it is better to think less and enjoy all yummy food :D

Haha BakingAddict - your first few sentences are funny... "I thought I would make an effort and *try* to make something a little healthier"... and then you make brownies! LOL :D I've never heard of brownies made with mayo before, but I love mayo, and I love brownies... so what's not like, eh? :D They look the part, and if you say they're healthier than the butter version then that's good enough for me :D

Hmm brownies, I have heard of people doing this before - I have a hatred of mayonnaise at the best of times though so not sure I could bring myself to do it - even though you don't taste it, the smell kind of puts me off too!! haha...but I definitely wouldn't turn up my nose at trying one of yours!

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